Quote:There's little need to speculate about the accident itself as we now have enough facts to piece much of it together. The only real thing to speculate on now is why he was THAT tired. I can relate as someone who has nodded off while driving quite a few times, but I always manage to re-gain consciousness within a couple seconds and have never been in an accident as a result. Falling asleep at the wheel happens, and I won't dispute that at all. What makes me wonder is why he didn't wake up.

 

Yeah this is exactly what I was wondering.  Based on the description of the crash, it seems plausible but the noise and movement of the vehicle going over the curb and into the water should have been enough to wake them up and get the adrenaline going.  And then rolling the window back up and going back to sleep when an officer bangs on your window telling you you're sinking?  Difficult to understand that one, but I guess after he got out of the car the police officer thought they were clearly not intoxicated so I guess that's that.  Glad they didn't drown.

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